#COVID19 Updates

The Yurok Tribal Council recently authorized the distribution of $2 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) funding to help the many Yurok business owners and entrepreneurs that have experienced devastating losses due to the global COVID-19 crisis.

The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 5,661 as of June 3, 2020. More than 2,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.

The Northern Arapaho Business Council is pleased to announce the receipt of critical federal dollars to modernize critical water infrastructure and help combat the spread of COVID-19 on the Wind River Reservation.

The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 5,533 as of June 2, 2020. Nearly 2,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.

The Indian Health Service is forming a Critical Care Response Team of expert physicians, registered nurses, and other healthcare professionals on an as needed basis to provide urgent lifesaving medical care to COVID-19 patients admitted to IHS or tribal hospitals.

The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 5,479 as of June 1, 2020. More than 1,900 have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.

As she looked at the Disney characters decorating the walls of the San Carlos Apache Healthcare Dental Clinic and at the smiling, laughing children watching dental health demonstrations, Suzanne Haney thought back to what a trip to the dentist used to be.

Among COVID-19’s disruptions are bare supermarket shelves and items available yesterday but nowhere to be found today. As you seek ways to replace them, you can look to Native gardens for ideas and inspiration.

As tribes continue to fight for the $8 billion in coronavirus relief they were promised more than seven weeks ago, new research is casting doubt on the accuracy and fairness of the Trump administration's handling of the fund.

After much debate, media scrutiny and a national lawsuit, the Treasury Department is finally distributing coronavirus relief funds to tribal governments, but it is far from payment in full, as promised.

The Trump administration's coronavirus testing efforts in Indian Country are being dealt a serious setback with warnings about the accuracy of the machine provided to tribal communities across the nation.

The disproportionate high rates of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation has made headlines and has brought to light the lack of in-home sanitation facilities and lack of potable water infrastructure coverage.

As tribal nations continue to fight for the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to them more than a month ago, Democrats in Congress are making good on pledges to provide more resources to the first Americans.

Despite recent improvements in government-to-government relations, Indian nations are still finding themselves at odds with states and even their own trustee amid the worst public health crisis to hit their communities in decades.

Tribal leaders are once again questioning the Trump administration's commitment, with the official who has been working on Indian County issues being moved out of the White House in the middle of a pandemic.

For Monday:
Putting the death of Colten Boushie in context
Director Tasha Hubbard’s (Cree) 2019 film “nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up,” is picking up accolades and new attention. It recently won the 2020 Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards. It recounts the story of Colten Boushie (Cree from Red Pheasant First Nation) who was shot to death after he wandered onto the property of a white farmer in 2016. His death and the acquittal of the man who shot him prompted concern, frustration and anger among First Nations people in Canada. Hubbard puts the shooting in context of the broader racial and cultural divide and her own personal experiences.
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